xeraphim
English
Alternative forms
- serafin, seraphin, xerafine, xeraphin, xerapheen
Etymology
From Portuguese xarafin, from Arabic اَشْرَاف (ašrāf), plural form of شَرِيف (šarīf, “highborn”).
Noun
xeraphim (plural xeraphims)
- (obsolete) An old monetary unit of Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.
References
- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913).
Further reading
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “xerafine”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 974.